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Vladimir Putin: Dear Senators, Members of the State Duma! Dear citizens of Russia!
Each speech to the national Assembly is primarily a look at the future. And present we will not only talk about our upcoming plans, but besides about strategical tasks, those issues that I consider fundamental to the country's long-term development.
This programme of action and circumstantial actions were mostly developed during trips to regions, direct talks with workers, civilian and defence mill engineers, with doctors, teachers, scientists, volunteers, entrepreneurs, with multi-children families, with our frontline heroes, volunteers, soldiers and officers of the Russian Armed Forces. Of course, we realize that specified events are being prepared. But in these conversations, the actual needs of men are surely manifest. Many ideas were presented in large public and expert forums.
The proposals of citizens, their aspirations and hopes have become the basis for these projects and initiatives, which will proceed present as well. I hope that their public discussion will surely continue, due to the fact that only together can we implement all our plans. Tasks are big.
Together, me and you have already proven that we can solve the most complex problems and respond to all most hard challenge. For example, we pushed the aggression of global terrorism away, preserved the unity of the country and did not let it to be broken up in due time.
We supported our brothers and sisters, their will to be with Russia, and this year marks the tenth anniversary of the legendary “Russian Spring”. But even now energy, sincerity, courage of his heroes – the Crimean, the people of Sevastopol, the inhabitants of the insurgent Donbass, their love for the Homeland, which they have carried for generations, surely awakens pride. It all inspires, strengthens the belief that we can overcome everything, together we can all.
In this way, we, together with the full world, have not only late forced the withdrawal from the deadly threat of the global epidemic, but have besides shown that our society is dominated by values specified as mercy, common support and solidarity.
And today, erstwhile our Homeland defends its sovereignty and security, it protects the lives of its countrymen in Donbasa and Novorosia, it is up to our citizens, our unity, the commitment of their country, the work for its fate.
These features clearly and unequivocally came out at the very beginning of a peculiar military operation erstwhile it was supported by the ruthless majority of the Russian people. Despite all the trials and bitterness of loss, people are relentless in this choice and proceed to strengthen their desire to do as much as possible for their homeland and the common good.
They work 3 shifts in production – as much as the front needs. The full economy, and this is the industrial and technological basis for our victory, has shown flexibility and resilience. I would now like to thank entrepreneurs, engineers, workers and agricultural workers for their responsible, hard work in Russia's interests.
Millions of people united the run “We are together” and the task of the People's National Front “Everything for Victory!” Over the last 2 years, Russian business has sent billions of rubles to volunteer organizations and charitable foundations that support our soldiers and their families.
People send letters and packages to the front, warm clothes, masking nets, donate money from their, sometimes very modest, savings. I repeat, specified aid is invaluable – it is everyone's contribution to a general victory. Our heroes on the front line, in the trenches, where it's the hardest, know that the full country is with them.
I would like to draw attention to the activities of the Foundation of Homeland Defenders, the activities of the household Committee of Homeland Soldiers and another social associations. I ask all authorities to proceed to do everything possible to support the families of our heroes: parents, wives, children who worry about the people closest to them, dear to them, waiting for them to return home.
I am grateful to the parliamentary organization for consolidating around national interests. The Russian political strategy is 1 of the pillars of national sovereignty. We will proceed to make democratic institutions and we will not let anyone to interfere in our interior affairs.
The alleged West, with its colonial customs, its habit of inciting national conflicts around the world, tries not only to inhibit our improvement – alternatively Russia needs a dependent, vanishing, dying space in which they can do what they want. Indeed, they would like to do to Russia the same thing they have done in many another regions of the world, including Ukraine: bring discord into our home, weaken it from within. But they miscalculated – it is absolutely apparent today: they faced a strong position and determination of our multinational nation.
Our soldiers and officers – Christians and Muslims, Buddhists and followers of Judaism, representatives of various cultural groups, cultures, regions – in fact proved better than a 1000 words that the centuries-old cohesion and unity of the Russian people is colossal, omnipotent power. All together, side by side, they fight for 1 common homeland.
All of us, citizens of Russia, will jointly defend our freedom, the right to a peaceful and dignified life, ourselves and only us to set our own paths, to defend the intergenerational bond, and thus the continuity of historical development, to solve the problems of the country before us, based on our worldview, our traditions, the convictions we give to our children.
Dear friends!
The defence and strengthening of sovereignty takes place present in all directions, and above all on the front, where our soldiers fight steadfastly and unselfishly.
I thank all those who are now fighting for the interests of the Homeland, who are experiencing a crucible of military trials, who are putting their lives at hazard all day. The full nation bows before your exploits, mourns the dead, and Russia will always remember its fallen heroes.
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Our Armed Forces have gained tremendous combat experience. This concerns the interaction of all types and types of troops, modern tactics and operational art. She has grown up and trained a full tribe of talented commanders who care about people, competently execute their tasks, usage fresh equipment and effectively solve their tasks. And I want to say that this applies to all levels: from plutonium and operating levels to the highest level of governance.
We see where and what problems we have, of course they exist, and at the same time we realize what needs to be done. specified work is carried out continuously on both the front and the rear. It aims to increase the impact force of the Army and Navy, their technology and efficiency.
Combat capabilities of the Armed Forces have increased many times. Our units are holding the initiative firmly and permanently, most likely moving forward in many operational areas and unleashing more and more territories.
We did not start the war in Donbasa, but – as I said not erstwhile – we will do everything to end it, eradicate Nazism, solve all tasks of a peculiar military operation, defend the sovereignty and safety of our citizens.
Strategic atomic forces are full prepared for their guaranteed use. What we have planned in the field of arms, as I said in the 2018 Message, has already been done or these works are being completed.
Thus a hypersonic aviation complex Kindzar was not only commissioned, but besides with large efficiency utilized to destruct peculiarly crucial targets during a peculiar military operation. besides the maritime shock complex hypersonic Circus, which was not even mentioned in the 2018 speech, is already in service and was utilized in combat.
The hypersonic units of the intercontinental scope ‘Awangard’ and the laser systems ‘Pieresvet’ are engaged in combat service. Tests of the maneuvering rocket of unlimited scope ‘Burewist’ and of the unmanned submarine ‘Poseidon’ have been completed. These systems have confirmed their advanced and without exaggeration unique features. The soldiers besides received the first serial dense ballistic missiles "Sarmat". shortly we will show them in areas of dislocation and operational implementation.
Work on a number of another promising weapons systems is ongoing and we will proceed to learn about the fresh achievements of our scientists and weapon makers.
Russia is ready to engage with the United States of America on strategical stableness issues. But here I would like to emphasise, my fellow Members, that everyone understands me well: in this case we are dealing with a country whose ruling environments are openly hostile to us. So what? Are they seriously going to talk to us about strategical stableness issues while trying to ask Russia, as they say, a strategical defeat on the battlefield?
A clear example of specified hypocrisy can be given. In fresh times, groundless accusations have been heard, e.g. at Russia, that we are allegedly going to place atomic weapons in space. specified lies – and this is nothing but lies – are a trick to bring us into negotiations on their own terms, which are beneficial only to the United States.
At the same time, they have blocked our proposal, which has been on their table for over 15 years. I mean the draft treaty to prevent weapons being placed in space, which we prepared in 2008. No response. What they're talking about is completely incomprehensible.
We so have reason to believe that the words of today's US authorities about their alleged interest in negotiations with us on strategical stableness issues are demagoguery. On the eve of the U.S. presidential election, they simply want to show their citizens and everyone else that they inactive regulation the world. They say that in matters where negotiations are beneficial to America, we will talk to the Russians, and where they are not worth it, there is nothing to talk about, as they say themselves, "business as user". there they will effort to defeat us.
But it's definitely not gonna work. Our position is clear: if you want to talk about liable safety issues, crucial to the full planet, and stability, then it should only be done in 1 complex, of course, taking into account all those aspects that affect our national interests and straight affect the safety of our country, the safety of Russia.
We besides realize that the West is trying to drag us into the arms race, exhausting us by the same, repeating the trick that he succeeded in the 1980s with the russian Union. I will remind you: between 1981 and 1988, russian military expenditure accounted for 13% of gross national product.
Therefore, it is our task to make the defence and industrial complex to increase the country's scientific, technological and industrial potential. The funds should be distributed as rationally as possible and the efficient management of the Armed Forces should be built in order to scope a maximum of each ruble of defence spending. It is crucial for us to increase the pace of solving social, demographic, infrastructure and another problems, while achieving a qualitatively fresh level of equipment for the Army and the Navy.
First of all, it concerns general-purpose forces, the principles of their organization, the supply of soldiers with unmanned impact systems, air defence and electronic combat systems, designation and communication, precision weapons and others.
Strengthening groups in the western strategical direction is urgently essential to neutralise the risks associated with NATO's further expansion to the east and its incorporation into the alliance of Sweden and Finland.
The West has sparked conflicts in Ukraine, the mediate East and elsewhere in the planet and continues to lie. Now they declare without shame that Russia allegedly intends to attack Europe. It's just that you and I realize they're talking nonsense. At the same time, they choose their own targets of impact on our territory, choosing the most effective, in their opinion, means of destruction. The talks began about the anticipation of sending NATO military quotas to Ukraine.
But we remember the destiny of those who erstwhile sent their contingents into our country. But now the consequences for possible interveners will be much more tragic. They must yet realize that we besides have weapons – yes, they know that, that's what I said – which can harm targets in their territory.
And that's all they're making up now, how they're scaring the full world, that all of this truly threatens to conflict with atomic weapons, and hence, the demolition of civilization—do they not realize it or what? This, you know, people who have not undergone hard trials—they have already forgotten what war is. We, even our present generation, have undergone specified hard trials in the fight against global terrorism in the Caucasus, and now, in the context of the conflict in Ukraine, the same is happening. And they think it's all cartoons for them.
What can I say, indeed, is rusophobia, like another ideology of racism, national superiority and election, blinds and deprives reason. The actions of the United States and their satellites have indeed led to the dismantling of the European safety system. This creates a hazard for everyone.
It is apparent that in the foreseeable future work should be done to form a fresh contour of equal and indivisible safety in Eurasia. We are ready for a substantive discussion with all the countries and associations concerned. At the same time, I will stress again (I think this is crucial to everyone today): without sovereign, strong Russia, the permanent order of the planet is not possible.
We strive to unite the efforts of the majority of the planet to respond to global challenges, including the fast transformation of the planet economy, trade, finance and technology markets, erstwhile many erstwhile monopolies and associated stereotypes fall.
Thus, already in 2028, the BRICS countries, given the countries that have late become members of this association, will make around 37% of global GDP, while the G7 share will fall below 28%. These figures are very convincing, as 10-15 years ago the situation was completely different. I've said it in public before. That's the trend, you understand? planet trends, and there is no escape, are objective.
Look, the share of global GDP according to the G7 purchasing power parity in 1992 was 45.7%, and BRICS even without taking account of expansion (in 1992 there was no this organization, but the BRICS countries) was only 16.5,5 and in 2022 the G7 will already be 30.3%, and the BRICS will have 31.5%. By 2028, the situation will turn even further towards BRICS – it will be 36.6 percent, for G7 the forecast for 2028 is 27.8. There is no escape from this, it is an nonsubjective reality, so it will be no substance what happens, besides in Ukraine.
Together with friendly countries, we will proceed to make efficient and safe logistics corridors and build fresh global financial architecture, free from political interference, based on an advanced technology base. Moreover, the West itself discredits its own currencies and the banking strategy – it undercuts the branch on which it has been sitting for decades.
We cooperate with partners on the basis of equality and respect for common interests, so more and more countries are actively active in the work of the Eurasian Community, SCO, BRICS and another Russian associations. We see large prospects in building the Grand Eurasian Partnership by combining integration processes within the Eurasian economical Union and the initiative of the People's Republic of China "One Belt, 1 Way".
Russia-ASEAN dialog is developing positively. The real breakthrough was the summits of Russia-Africa. The African continent is increasingly declaring its interests and the right to actual sovereignty. We wholeheartedly support all these aspirations.
Russia has long had good relations with arabian countries. They represent a separate civilization from North Africa to the mediate East, which is developing dynamically today. We consider it crucial to look for fresh points of contact with our arabian friends and to deepen the full spectrum of partnerships. We'll do the same for Latin America.
And separately, I ask the Government to increase the backing of global programmes for promoting Russian language and our multinational culture, of course, primarily in CIS and around the world.
Incidentally, dear friends and colleagues, I am certain that many visited the exhibition “Russia”. They come here to see how rich and vast our homeland is. The Year of the household was inaugurated with Russia's exhibition. Values specified as love, common support and trust are passed on in a household from generation to generation, as are culture, traditions, past and moral principles.
And of course, the main goal of the household is the birth of children, the continuation of the human family, the upbringing of children, and so the continuation of our full multinational nation. We see what happens in any countries where they deliberately destruct moral norms and household institutions, pushing full nations towards extinction and degeneration, and we choose life. Russia was and remains a bastion of conventional values on which human civilization is built. Most people in the planet share our choice, including millions of Western citizens.
Yes, both Russia and many another countries are facing a fall in birth rate today. Demographers argue that this challenge is linked to global social, economic, technological, cultural and values. Young people get education, build a career, improve their lives, and postpone children.
It is clear that not only the economy and the quality of the social sphere affect demographics and the number of births, but besides to a large degree the lifestyles that designate the family, shaped by culture, education, education. The work of all levels of power, civilian society and priests of our conventional religions is crucial here.
Supporting families with children is our primary moral choice. A large multi-child household should become a norm, a doctrine of social life, a guideline of the full state strategy. (Applause.) I'm joining your applause.
In the next six years, we must accomplish a sustained increase in birth rates. To accomplish this, we will make additional decisions in the education and education system, regional and economical development. The support and improvement of the family's quality of life will be discussed in almost all passage of the Message – be patient, it's only the beginning. Everything that was before is important, but now the most crucial thing begins.
I will start with 1 of the most burning problems – to put it mildly, low incomes that multi-children besides face. In 2000, more than 42 million people lived below the poorness line in Russia. Since then, things have truly changed, things have changed radically. At the end of last year, the number of people below the poorness line fell to 13.5 million people. Of course, that's a lot. However, we are constantly paying attention to the solution to this problem.
A number of measures were adopted comparatively recently. Thus, from 1 January 2023 a one-time monthly benefit was introduced for low income families ranging from the pregnancy of a female to the age of 17. Last year, more than 11 million people benefited from this benefit.
We've seriously simplified the social contract procedure. Many families besides have precedence here. The proposal for a social contract can now be submitted through the State Services portal, with a minimum set of documents. We will extend the availability of this measure. This will require additional money – somewhere around 100 billion rubles, but it is foreseen. I will mostly list these additional expenditures – they have all been developed.
I want to repeat: the problem of poorness is inactive valid. Now more than 9 percent of the country’s population is straight affected, and among multi-children, experts say the poorness rate is about 30 percent. Clear targets must be set and consistently pursued: to make poorness in Russia fall below 7 percent by 2030, and more than half of the families of the multi-children to at least 12 percent. This means that we request to put peculiar emphasis on poorness reduction, especially for multi-children.
I realize that combating poorness is not an easy task at all, it is absolutely systemic and multi-vectorial. Therefore, I repeat, it is crucial that all the actions we take in this area, all the tools we use, are effective and efficient and bring tangible, real results for people, our families.
Continued work is needed to improve the quality of life of families with children and support fertility. To this end, we will launch a fresh Russian-wide project, called "Family".
I will tell you about any concrete initiatives right now.
First. The Russian regions, in addition to national programmes, implement their own actions for families with children. First of all, I would like to thank my colleagues for this work and offer further assistance to the Federation players, where the birth rate is lower than the Russian average. This is peculiarly crucial for Central and Northwest Russia. In 2022, in 39 regions, the fertility rate totaled below the Russian average. By the end of 2030, we will allocate at least 75 billion rubles to specified regions so that they can increase their household support programmes. The funds will start coming next year.
Two. Last year, over 110 million square meters of housing was built in Russia. This is 1.5 times the highest russian score achieved in 1987. Then 72.8 million sqm were built, and now 110.
More importantly, millions of Russian families have improved their surviving conditions over the last six years, including over 900 000 thanks to household mortgages. Let me remind you that this program started in 2018. We constantly increased its availability: families with 2 and more children could benefit first, then families with 1 child. The household mortgage strategy is valid until July this year. I propose to extend it until 2030, while maintaining the main basic parameters. peculiar attention should be paid to families with children up to and including six years old, for whom the preferential credit rate will stay the same – six percent.
And go on. Now, after the birth of the 3rd child, the state pays off part of the mortgage for the household – 450 1000 rubles. I besides propose extending this regulation to 2030. This year it takes almost 50 billion rubles, then more and more, but there is money for it.
In general, the thought is to make housing in construction more accessible to families, so that the country's housing resource is regularly updated.
Three. There are over 2 million families in Russia with 3 or more children. specified families are surely our pride.
That's what I'm saying. Look, these are real numbers. From 2018 to 2022 the number of multi-children families in Russia increased by 26.8% – this is simply a good indicator.
A decree was signed establishing the uniform position of multi-children families throughout the country, as people requested. Its provisions must be filled with concrete decisions at national and regional level and must, of course, be based on requests from citizens.
There is something to worry about in multi - kid families, and parents should have more resources to solve regular problems. I propose to double the taxation credit for the second kid to 2800 rubles a period and to 6,000 rubles a period for the 3rd and each further child.
What does that mean? For example: a household with 3 children will save 1300 rubles all period in its budget, and I besides propose to increase the amount of yearly income to be deducted from 350 to 450 1000 rubles. This support should be provided automatically without submission of applications.
And separately – about the maternity capital scheme. Now the first child's household is entitled to a benefit of 630 000 rubles and another 202 000 rubles at the second child's birth. Maternity capital is regularly indexed. Our maternity capital program is valid until early 2026. I besides propose that it be extended to at least 2030.
Dear colleagues!
I would like to express my gratitude to charitable foundations, non-profit social organisations that aid the aged and the sick and disabled children. And they did a lot to address the issue of long-term care at state level due to the fact that they raised these issues all the time.
I believe it is essential to increase the backing of this strategy from the national budget, to bring it to a uniform, advanced standard and to guarantee maximum availability for those who request this assistance most, and this is about half a million of our citizens.
By 2030, we must guarantee that long-term care services are utilized and provided by 100 percent of the citizens who request them.
Now the average life expectancy in Russia is over 73 years. We're back to the level before the virus pandemic. By 2030, the average life expectancy in Russia should be at least 78 years and in the future, as planned, will scope 80+.
Particular attention should be paid to agrarian areas, regions where life expectancy is inactive below the Russian average. The solution to these problems will be the nationwide task "Long and active life". At the same time, it is crucial that the time of healthy, active life is extended so that a individual can devote his time to his family, loved ones, children and grandchildren.
We will proceed national projects to combat cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes.
In addition, I propose launching a fresh comprehensive programme for mother's health, preserving the wellness of children and young people, including reproductive health, so that children are born and grow healthy and that healthy children are born in the future.
The priorities of specified a program will include the expansion of the prenatal care network, the modernisation of perinatal centres, children's clinics and hospitals. In total, over a trillion rubles will be allocated to the construction, renovation and equipment of wellness care facilities in the next six years.
Come on. In fresh years, the number of citizens regularly practicing sports has increased significantly. This is 1 of our crucial achievements. We must encourage people who take work for their health. From next year, taxation breaks will be granted to all those who regularly and according to plan will undergo medical examinations and will besides successfully pass GTO standards.
Remember the popular password? Everyone remembers this joke: “Stop drinking – go skiing!” This is the same case, the minute has come. By the way, erstwhile it comes to drinking: here we have a noticeable, good result. In fact, without extremism, we have greatly reduced alcohol consumption, especially of a strong one, and this evidently affects the wellness of the nation.
I propose utilizing national funds to build at least 350 additional sports facilities in the regions all year, especially in tiny cities and agrarian areas. These include universal complexes and prefabricated playgrounds where children, adults and families can practice. In addition, in six years, we will allocate any 65 billion rubles from the national budget.
Sports conditions should prevail in universities, universities, schools and kindergartens. Incidentally, many of our kindergartens were opened in russian times and require modernisation. From next year, we'll start the refurbishment program. People talk about it all the time.
As far as schools are concerned, a major renovation requires about 18.5 1000 buildings. By 2030, we will aid the regions to solve this increasing problem completely, and in the future we will carry out school renovations as planned. What has been done so far shows that we are following the right path. In total, more than 400 billion rubles will be allocated to the renovation of kindergartens and schools.
In addition, I propose to modernise or open medical offices in schools in the next six years, where essential and necessary. due to the fact that now, between 2022 and 1923, at 39 000 schools (39,440 schools in our country) only 65% have medical offices. There's something to work on.
Another very crucial topic. present many large cities are actively developing. At the same time, the burden on the social sphere increases. The number of students learning on the second shift is increasing, and in any schools even the 3rd shift is being introduced. Of course, this is simply a problem which besides needs to be addressed. In cities where the problem of overcrowding educational institutions is the most severe, we will one more time gotta solve this problem at the expense of the national budget, utilizing national resources, we will additionally build at least 150 schools and over 100 kindergartens.
Dear colleagues! The dreams and achievements of our ancestors and older generations have become attainable and we are arrogant of these achievements. And the aspirations of this younger generation will find the future of the country. Her rise, her successes, the directions of life that will pass all test of force, are the most crucial warrant and warrant of Russia's sovereignty, the continuation of our history.
I propose to consolidate affirmative experiences in the field of youth policy and start a fresh national task "Youth of Russia" this year. It should be a task for the future and future of our country. This is how our school teachers realize their vocation, advanced mission and work for younger generations. Thank you very much for your ascetic work.
The function of mentors is large in making young people feel like 1 squad and uncovering support in life. As of 1 September 2024, I propose the introduction of a national briefing of 5,000 rubles a period for all advisors to education directors in schools and universities that had previously not existed. And I propose separate solutions for teachers of school classes and group curators in universities and technicians who work in settlements that request to be paid peculiar attention to, that is, settlements where less than 100,000 people live, and that is fundamentally all of our tiny towns, regional centres, towns, villages. I propose to double the national fee for specified specialists for class management and group supervision to up to 10,000 rubles.
What else would I like to add? In 2018, the May Decrees established wage requirements for teachers and another public sector workers, based on an average monthly income from work on a circumstantial subject of the Federation. The provisions of these alleged May Regulations (the May provisions of Putin of 2012 which stay mostly in the form of unfulfilled demands- PZ) must proceed to be strictly executed. At the same time, it is essential to improve the remuneration strategy in the public sector in order to accomplish an increase in the incomes of its professionals.
The level of average wages in the economy in the regions varies, causing the revenues of public sector workers, even in the neighbouring regions of the Federation, to vary considerably. At the same time, the work of a teacher or doctor is equally hard and highly liable everywhere. specified a large difference in wages between regions is surely unfair.
I realize the problem is long-term, very complex, and so to speak, capital-intensive. We have besides discussed this with colleagues in the national departments, regional leaders, teachers, doctors and another specialists. Of course, it needs to be handled.
I'm not gonna go into details right now, but it's truly complicated. Both Members and Members of the Government realize what I am talking about. I simply ask the Government to make a fresh model for the remuneration of public sector workers in 2025 as part of the pilot projects in the Federation entities, and to make a final decision for the full country in 2026.
A separate issue is to make additional motivation for young professionals to come to school and see the possible of professional improvement and career. At the same time, we will allocate more than 9 billion rubles from the national budget to update the infrastructure of pedagogical universities.
Our school education has always been celebrated for innovators and unique, first methods. It is these teaching teams that will gotta participate in the creation of promising schools. This year we will start building the first educational schools with the position of leader in Rjazanski, Pskowski, Bielgorodski, Nizhny Novgorod and Nowogrodzki circuits. In the future they will appear in all national districts: the Far East, Siberia and Donbasa. In total, we will open 12 specified schools by 2030.
Now on the content of teaching. The educational burden on children should be reasonable and balanced. And of course, it's clearly not good for the essence of things erstwhile they teach 1 in class and ask something else in exams. specified a discrepancy, to put it mildly, between the curriculum and the examination questions – and this unfortunately happens – forces parents to hire tutors, which not everyone can afford. I ask my fellow Members of the government, as well as the teaching and parenting community, to look into this problem, it is obvious.
Consequently, a single state examination. There is inactive a wide public debate and controversy, and we are all aware of that. Indeed, the mechanics of the unified state examination should be improved.
What do I propose at this stage? I propose to take another step in this direction – to give graduates, as they say, a second chance, namely: according to the student's choice, to supply him with the chance to re-take a uniform state exam from 1 of the subjects and this before completing his enrollment at the university to have time to submit papers already taking account of amendments. It's everyday stuff, but it's crucial to people.
Dear colleagues!
Last year the Russian economy grew at a higher rate than the world. Under this indicator, we are not only ahead of the leading countries of the European Union, but besides of all the alleged G7. But what do I want to announcement about this? I want to stress that. The crucial safety margin that has been created in fresh decades has played an crucial function in this.
Today, the share of non-raw industries in the growth structure surely exceeds 90%, which means that the economy is becoming increasingly complex, technologically advanced and thus much more sustainable. Russia is now the largest economy in Europe in terms of gross home product, in terms of purchasing power parity and the 5th largest in the world.
The pace and, most importantly, the quality of growth let us to hope and even claim that in the close future we will be able to take another step forward: we will become 1 of the 4 largest economical powers in the world. This improvement should straight translate into an increase in the income of our citizens' families.
Over the next six years, the share of wages in the country's GDP should increase. Before inflation and dynamics of average wages in the economy we index minimum wage. Since 2020 the minimum wage has increased 1 and a half times – from 12 to 19 1000 rubles a month. By 2030, minimum wage should almost double again, up to 35 000, which will surely affect social benefits, public sector and economical sectors.
At the same time, we realize what risks and factors can lead to a slowdown in economical growth and our improvement as a whole. This is, above all, the deficiency of qualified staff and our own advanced technologies – their deficiency in any areas. Here we request to act proactively, so present I will discuss these 2 strategically crucial topics in detail.
I'll start with the HR database. A large young generation grows in Russia. Strangely, there are demographic problems associated with population growth and a large number of young generations. In 2030, there will be 8.3 million citizens between the ages of 20 and 24 in the country, and 9.7 million in 2035, or 2.4 million more than today. And that, of course, is the result, taking into account the demographic measures of erstwhile years.
We want these people, today's teenagers, to become professionals in their field, ready to work in the 21st century economy. In this direction we will be directing a fresh national task "Cadra".
We surely talk about this a lot, but we actually request to strengthen the links between all levels of education, from school to university. They must act within 1 logic, for a common result. Of course, the participation of future employers is crucial here. Since this academic year, all schools in the country have a vocational guidance system. Since 6th grade children can learn about different specialties.
I now appeal to business directors, technological and medical centres: delight invitation your students to visit you, let your children watch the workshops, as I was offered on 1 of my trips, museums and laboratories. delight get active in this job.
Based on the principles of close cooperation between education and real sector enterprises, we are implementing the task “Professionalism”. This enabled the updating of educational programmes for the aviation and shipbuilding, pharmaceutical, electronic, defence and another industries.
In these areas, around 1 million physical professionals will should be trained by 2028. We request to extend this approach to the full vocational education strategy at secondary level, including education of schools, hospitals, clinics, services, tourism, cultural institutions and creative industries.
I urge separately to the Government, together with the regions, the implementation of a program for repairing and equipping vocational advanced schools. Not only educational buildings must be arranged, but besides sports facilities, method schools and colleges. In six years, we will allocate 120 billion rubles from the national budget to these targets.
We will besides usage an additional 124 billion rubles and in the next six years we will conduct general renovations of about 800 university dormitories.
Now about higher education in general. The aim is to make discipline and education centres across the country. To accomplish this, we will build 25 university campuses by 2030. We have already discussed this, but now I think that this must be repeated: therefore, I propose to extend this programme and to build a full of at least 40 specified campuses.
We will gotta devote around 400 billion rubles to these goals from the national budget, of course providing all the conditions on campuses so that students, PhD students, teachers and young families can learn, work and rise children.
In general, all the life situations faced by young mothers and young parents request to be virtually arranged, and given this, the work of the public service system, social sphere, wellness care, urban and agrarian infrastructure should be adapted. I ask the government and regions to carefully consider all these issues.
Come on. In his message last year, he announced crucial changes in the organisation of higher education and the request to usage the best national experiences here. The professional basis of the future specialist is already laid on the first years, where basic disciplines are taught. I consider it essential to rise the level of pay for teachers of these subjects. I ask the Government to propose circumstantial parameters for this solution and start implementing them as early as 1 September in pilot mode.
Additional measures will be needed: according to preliminary estimates this year – about 1.5 billion, then 4.5 billion. We besides counted that money.
We want to increase the possible and quality of the full higher education strategy and to support universities that are seeking development. This is what our "Priority 2030" programme is expected to serve. Its backing is expected by the end of this year. I propose, of course, to extend it for another six years and to allocate an additional 190 billion rubles.
The criteria for the effectiveness of participating universities should be staff and technology projects involving regions, economical and social sectors, the creation of genuinely active innovative companies and start-ups and the attraction of abroad students. Of course, the work of all Russian universities, universities and method schools will be assessed according to how much request is for their graduates and how their salaries increase.
Dear friends!
Now a fewer words about the technological basis for development. The basis is, of course, science. At a gathering with scientists and employees of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which this year celebrated the 300th anniversary of its existence, he said that even in the most hard periods Russia never gave up solving fundamental problems, always thought about the future and now we gotta do the same. Actually, that's what we're trying to do.
For example, no another country in the planet has as many technological installations of the "meganauki" class as Russia is currently. This is simply a unique chance for both our scientists and partners, researchers from another countries we invitation to cooperate with.
National technological infrastructure is our powerful competitive advantage both in the field of basic sciences and in creating the basis for pharmacy, biology, medicine, microelectronics, chemical manufacture and the production of fresh materials, for the improvement of space programs.
I believe that we request more than twice the full investment of the state and business in R & D, by 2030, to increase their share to 2 percent of GDP and by this indicator to become 1 of the world's leading technological powers.
I would like to repeat: at the same time, investment in discipline and private business must increase importantly – no little than double by 2030. Of course, the most crucial thing is the effectiveness of specified investments. We are talking about achieving a circumstantial technological consequence in all peculiar case. We request to benefit here from the affirmative experience of our national investigation programmes in the fields of genetics, agriculture and projects of the Russian discipline Foundation.
Given the current tasks and challenges, we have adapted Russia's discipline and Technology improvement Strategy. In its logic we besides launch fresh national technological sovereignty projects. I'll list their main directions.
First. We must be independent, have all the technological keys in delicate areas specified as protecting citizens' wellness and food security.
Two. Technological sovereignty must be achieved in cross-cutting areas that guarantee the sustainability of the economy throughout the country. These are means of production and device tools, robotics, all kinds of transport, unmanned aircraft, marine systems and others, data economy, fresh materials and chemistry.
Three. We request to make globally competitive products based on unique national achievements, including space, atomic and fresh energy technologies. It is already essential to make a legal environment for the improvement of the industries and markets of the future, to form the long-term, at least until the end of this decade, the procurement of high-tech products, so that companies realize the principles according to which they should work.
It is besides essential to establish interior networks of cooperation and global technology platforms, launch the mass production of our own equipment and components and focus geological exploration on the search for uncommon earths and another natural materials for the fresh economy. We got it all.
I would like to emphasise that we are talking about our strategical foundations for the future, so we will make all the tools and mechanisms for improvement we gotta address these problems, and we will besides supply precedence budget funding. I ask the Government and the national Assembly to take this into account erstwhile preparing the budget. I always ask you to consider this a top priority.
Technological sovereignty projects should be the driving force for renewal of our industry, helping the economy as a full to accomplish a advanced level of efficiency and competitiveness. I propose here that the share of home high-tech goods and services in the home marketplace should increase 1 and a half times over the next six years, and the volume of exports of non-energy natural materials at least 2 thirds.
I'll give you a fewer more numbers. In 1999 our share of imports reached 26 percent of GDP – almost 30 percent of everything we brought from abroad. Last year it amounted to 19% of GDP, or 32 trillion rubles. And by 2030, no more than 17% of GDP needs to be imported.
This means that we ourselves must produce consumer goods and others in much larger quantities: medicines, equipment, machines, vehicles and so on. We can't do everything, we don't gotta make everything. However, the government knows what to work on.
I would stress: given the demographic challenges ahead of us, the advanced request and, frankly, staff shortages, it is highly crucial for us to radically increase productivity at work – this is 1 of the key tasks.
This means introducing digital technologies to management, developing energy-efficient and resource-efficient economical proposals, and implementing specified proposals, full modernising industrial potential, its robotisation and automation. Russia should be among the top 25 countries worldwide by 2030 in terms of the number of industrial robots. You know, if we remember what we have today, it'll be a good result.
We will proceed to make peculiar manufacture competence centres where generalised and replicated best practices of thin production in the economical and social sphere. By 2030, at least 40% of medium-sized and large enterprises in the basic sectors of the economy and all social institutions must be covered by projects that increase productivity at work. It's a general, huge, but very crucial job.
In addition, advanced engineering schools based on universities should aim to increase productivity and refurbish production. Our goal was to make 50 specified schools. 30 have already been created, and this year we are launching another 20.
I propose to extend this program to another 50 engineering schools. In total, make the network throughout the country – a network of 100 specified centres that will educate highly qualified specialists and offer first method solutions in various areas: industry, agriculture, construction, transport and the social sphere.
Of course, in each of these areas we must always usage artificial intelligence – we should strive to do so. It is besides essential to modernise the network of technological and method libraries in universities and technological organisations so that they become real digital cognition and information centres. We will allocate an additional 9 billion rubles for these purposes.
Dear colleagues! In fresh years hundreds of fresh plants, factories and production facilities have been opened in Russia. They open, they open, we're utilized to it. It's a continuous job. But among them there are besides specified industrial giants, specified as the mining and steel plant "Udokan" in Transbaikalia, the Tajik aluminumworks in the Irkutsk region, the Murmanian center for the construction of large-toned sea structures and the "ZapSibNieftechim" in the Tiumene region. This list can, of course, be continued.
It should be remembered that in the next six years the level of gross added value of the Russian manufacturing manufacture should increase by not little than 40% compared to 2022. This accelerated improvement of manufacture means the emergence of thousands of fresh industries, modern, well-paid jobs.
We have already created a kind of industrial "menu". Companies implementing industrial projects can choose optimal support measures, capital investment protection and promotion agreements, peculiar investment agreements, cluster investment platform and so on. Invented and utilized rather quite a few tools. I'm certain we'll make all these mechanisms.
Thus, in six years, we will allocate an additional 120 billion rubles to subsidise companies for R & D and improvement of mortgages for industrial purposes. And thanks to this program, we will besides build and modernise more than 10 million square meters of production space. I just want to draw attention to the comparison. By the way, that's a plus for the pace we've already picked up.
Here for comparison. Today, about 4 million square meters of production space is being built annually in Russia. This is simply a crucial indicator of the renewal of our industrial potential, and as I said, we will make an additional 10 million.
Come on. We will complete the Industrial improvement Fund by 300 billion rubles. We'll almost double his capital and channel him to support high-tech projects. In addition, within the cluster investment platform, we will allocate at least 200 billion more to interest subsidies on projects for the production of precedence industrial products. In order to stimulate the renewal of production capacity of production companies, I propose to increase the basis for their depreciation. It will cost 200 percent of Russian equipment and investigation and development. It seems like a boring substance, but I'll explain what we're talking about. If the company buys home machinery for 10 million rubles, it can reduce the taxation base by 20 million. This is serious support.
We will proceed to make industrial technology parks, emphasising the placement of tiny and medium-sized enterprises in line with our technological priorities. It is crucial here to usage the cluster approach erstwhile companies make together with their subcontractors and suppliers, and their cooperation brings a two-sided effect to all. I would like to draw the Government's attention to the request to make at least 100 more specified facilities by 2030. They should make growth points across the country and stimulate investment.
We have a goal: by 2030, the investment volume in key industries should increase by 70%. By the way, we have good dynamics here. I'd even say very well. Morning.
The accumulated growth rate of investment in 2021 was 8.6 percent, with 4.5 planned. In 2022 – 15.9% at plan 9.5. And in the 9 months of last year, with a plan of 15.1%, growth was 26.6%. We request to keep moving fast.
Our banking strategy and stock exchange must full guarantee that capital flows into the economy, to its real sector, including through task and capital financing mechanisms. Over the next 2 years, industrial projects with investments worth over 200 billion rubles will be supported by capital funds. The importance of this mechanics is that the improvement corp «.РФ» VEB.RF improvement Corporation, with the engagement of commercial banks, enters into the capital of high-tech companies and assists in the phase of their active growth.
I have already issued an order to launch a peculiar government for the first public offerings of companies operating in precedence areas of advanced technology. I would like to draw the attention of my colleagues from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank: it is essential to velocity up the launch of this mechanism, including compensation for the cost of placing securities. This should be done.
I repeat: the Russian stock exchange must strengthen its function as an investment source. Its capitalisation by 2030 should double compared to the current level and scope 66% of GDP. At the same time, it is crucial for citizens to be able to invest their savings reliably in the improvement of the country and make additional income.
The decision has already been taken: voluntary savings in non-state pension funds of up to 2 million 8 000 rubles will be insured by the state, which means their reimbursement will be guaranteed.
In addition, long-term individual and investment accounts will be insured up to 1.4 million rubles. For citizens' investments in long-term financial instruments of up to 400,000 rubles a year, we will spend 1 taxation deduction.
At the same time, I believe it is essential to launch a fresh instrument – the alleged savings certificate. Citizens will be able to place their savings in banks for a long time – over 3 years. The certificate will be irrevocable, which means that banks will be able to offer higher, favourable interest income to customers. Of course, the funds of these citizens will besides be insured by the state for up to 2.8 million rubles, twice as much as for average bank deposits.
I stress: any action by the State supporting investment, creation and modernisation of enterprises must be linked to increases in workers' salaries, improved working conditions and social packages for workers.
Of course, there is simply a basic requirement: home business must operate within Russian jurisdiction and not retreat funds abroad, where, as it turns out, everything can be lost. And now me and my colleagues are gathering and wondering how we can aid them get something out of it. We don't gotta take him there and then we don't gotta decide how to return him.
Funds should be invested in Russia, in regions, in the improvement of companies, in staff training. The most reliable protection of the assets and capital of Russian business is our strong, sovereign state.
The vast majority of entrepreneurs hold national, patriotic positions. And the company operating here in Russia must have guarantees of inviolability of assets, assets and fresh investments. Investment here and investment protection, protection of the rights of entrepreneurs are evidently linked and we must take care of that. This is in the interest of the state, of the full society, of millions of people who work in private business, large, average and small.
I have always said and repeat: no 1 – neither public officials nor law enforcement officers – must oppress people, break laws or usage them for individual purposes. People, including those from the business planet – and I am talking about them now – request help. They make jobs, supply workers and pay people salaries. This is the calling of authorities – to help.
Dear colleagues!
Small and medium-sized enterprises are increasingly contributing to economical growth. Today, his participation in sectors specified as production, tourism, IT exceeds 21 percent. Hundreds of fresh national brands marked their presence. Last year, 1 million 200 000 fresh companies in the field of tiny and medium-sized enterprises were registered in Russia.
Note: this is the highest score in 5 years. People effort to start their own business, believe in themselves, their country and their success. I would peculiarly like to point out that in 2023 the number of young entrepreneurs increased by 20% to 25. There are over 240,000 today.
This creative energy must be supported so that, over the next six years, average income per worker employed in tiny and medium-sized enterprises increases faster than GDP growth. This means that the productivity of specified a business and its quality indicators should increase.
I have already said that there should not be a situation where it would be in fact unprofitable for companies to become dynamic, as taxation payments are expanding rapidly during the transition period from the simplified to the general taxation system. It turns out that the state is pushing entrepreneurs towards fragmentation – towards another methods of optimizing fiscal burdens.
I ask the Government, together with parliamentarians, to make parameters of amnesty for tiny companies that, despite their actual development, were forced to usage taxation optimization programs.
What's crucial here? specified companies must, of course, abandon the artificial, in fact staged, fragmentation of business and decision on to a normal, civilized work "white". At the same time, I stress: there will be no penalties, I stress this particularly, there will be no penalties, no sanctions, no taxation conversions for erstwhile periods. That's the point of amnesty.
Furthermore, I urge to the Government that from next year onwards, it should supply a mechanics that allows not to be violent, but to gradually increase the taxation burden on companies that pass from a "simplified" taxation strategy to a general taxation system.
Come on. We decided, for example, on a temporary moratorium for inspections. This action was full justified. Companies that warrant advanced quality of goods and services and are liable to consumers can and should be trusted.
I so believe that it is possible from 1 January 2025 to abandon temporary moratories on the control of entrepreneurs and, instead, given the experience gained, to control completely to a risk-based approach, binding them in law. Where there are no risks, preventive measures should be applied and the number of checks minimised.
And go on. I propose that tiny companies be granted a peculiar right – erstwhile all 5 years to apply for credit holidays for up to six months without worsening their credit history.
I repeat: we request to make all the conditions for tiny and medium-sized enterprises to grow dynamically, and the quality of this growth increases the technologically advanced areas of production. Overall, the taxation strategy for tiny and medium-sized production enterprises should be relaxed.
I ask the Government to make concrete proposals in this respect. We've talked about this many times. Please, actually, the proposals are ready.
I would peculiarly like to draw attention to the work of tiny and medium-sized enterprises in agrarian areas and in the agri-industrial complex. Now we are not only full supplying food. Russia is simply a leader in the planet wheat market. We are 1 of the 20 leading food exporting countries. I thank agricultural workers, farmers, agricultural professionals in general – thank you for your awesome results.
By 2030, the volume of production of the Russian agri-industrial complex should increase by at least a 4th compared to 2021, and exports should increase by 1 and a half times. We will surely proceed to support manufacture as well as a comprehensive agrarian improvement programme, including the renovation and modernisation of post offices.
We usage a peculiar solution for the improvement of coastal regions. Let me remind you: we have a "kil quota" rule (see: https://aif.ru/money/economy/kvoty_pod_kil_pochemu_buksuet_plan_vozrozhdeniya_promyslovovogo_sudostroeniya
– PZ). It should be followed closely. The point is how any of the companies here know that they receive quotas for seafood production under the work to acquisition fresh Russian production fishing vessels and to renew their fleet.
At the same time, considerable money was contributed to the national budget this year from the sale of quotas for seafood – about 200 billion rubles. Anton Germanowicz [Siluanov] is here, we agreed with him – I propose that any of these funds should be allocated to the social improvement of the communities on which our fish manufacture is based.
Dear colleagues!
In modern conditions, expanding the efficiency of all areas of labour productivity is inextricably linked to digitisation, utilizing artificial intelligence technology – I have already mentioned this. specified solutions let the creation of digital platforms that let optimal interaction between citizens, business and the state.
It is so essential to make a platform to aid citizens keep and keep their wellness throughout their lives and to exploit the possible of the full healthcare system. For example, on the basis of digital profile data, he will be able to get a distant opinion from a specialist at a national medical centre, and a doctor or household doctor will be able to measure the overall image of the individual's health, foretell the onset of the disease, prevent complications and choose the individual and thus the most effective treatment tactics.
Everything I'm talking about is not any speculation about the distant future. specified practices are already being implemented in the work of leading medical centres. The goal is to distribute them throughout the country, make them common and accessible.
I believe that by 2030 digital platforms must be created in all key economical and social sectors. These and another complex tasks will be resolved in the framework of the fresh national Data Economy project. We will spend at least 700 billion rubles on it in the next six years.
Such technologies and integrated platforms open up immense opportunities for planning and developing the economy of different industries, regions and cities, effective management of our national programmes and projects. The most crucial thing is that we will proceed to build the work of all levels of power around the interests of all man, all family, to supply state and municipal services to citizens and businesses proactively, in a convenient format and as rapidly as possible results.
Incidentally, Russia is already 1 of the planet leaders in the implementation of government services in electronic form. Many, including European countries, have not yet reached our level. But of course we shouldn't and we're not going to stand still.
Artificial intelligence algorithms are an crucial component of digital platforms. Here too, we must be self-sufficient and competitive. A decree approving the updated version of the National Artificial improvement strategy of Intelligence has already been signed. It sets fresh objectives, including the request to guarantee technological sovereignty in areas as revolutionary as generic artificial intelligence and large language models. Their implementation announces a real breakthrough in the economy and social sphere, this should be a real breakthrough. To accomplish this, we request to increase our computing resources. The combined power of national supercomputers should so be increased at least 10 times by 2030. This is absolutely realistic.
The improvement of the full data-based economy infrastructure is mostly necessary. I ask the Government to propose concrete measures to support companies and start-ups that produce data retention and processing equipment and make software. It is essential that the pace of investment in national IT solutions is at least twice that of economical growth. The conditions for utilizing digital systems should prevail not only in mega-city but besides in tiny towns, agrarian and distant areas, along national and regional highways, local roads. In order to do so, access to the high-speed net in almost the full territory of Russia is essential in the next decade. We will solve this problem, among another things, by multiplying our constellation of satellites, and we will allocate 116 billion rubles to its development.
Dear colleagues!
Now I would like to address regional improvement separately. What do you propose? First of all, it is essential to reduce the debt of the entities of the Russian Federation. I believe it is essential to waive 2 thirds of the region's budgetary debt. According to estimates, this will save about 200 billion rubles per year from 2025 to 2028.
Note: these saved resources should, as is said, "color" and channel them through regions to support investment and infrastructure projects. Dear colleagues, I draw your attention to this.
Come on. In 2021, we launched a programme of infrastructure budget loans worth 500 billion rubles and then expanded it to a trillion. I would remind you that specified loans are granted to a region of 3 percent per year for a period of up to 15 years. An excellent tool for development. This appropriation is intended to cover improvement projects and regions note the advanced effectiveness of this mechanism. These loans are not decommitted, but this year the Federation entities will start paying off these debts. And the funds returned to the national budget I propose to invest again in the improvement of the regions, to channel them into the granting of fresh budget loans for infrastructure and, in general, from 2025, to increase the portfolio of infrastructure loans to the Federation's members by at least 250 billion rubles per year.
I besides believe that greater resources management capacity should be provided for regions to accomplish the objectives of national projects.
Let me give you an example. The subject of the Federation is modernization, e.g. clinics and high-quality repairs. If there are funds, they cannot be returned to the national budget, but they can be used, for example, to acquisition equipment for a renovated clinic and so on.
And, of course, we will support those Federation entities with possible for development, but we must aid open it, launch projects in the real economy, infrastructure that will become the driving force for these areas.
Currently, 10 Federation entities with low budget resources are implementing individual socio-economic improvement programmes. I ask the government to extend these programs for another six years.
By 2030, all our regions should become more economically self-sufficient. I repeat, this is simply a question of justice, equal conditions for the self-fulfilment of citizens and advanced standards of surviving across the country.
Dear colleagues!
As you can see, the plans are large and expenditures are also. Large-scale investment is coming in the social sphere, demography, economics, science, technology and infrastructure.
I would so like to talk about the taxation system. Of course, it must guarantee the movement of resources to address national problems, as well as to implement regional programmes, with the aim of reducing inequalities not only in society, but besides in the socio-economic improvement of the members of the Federation; take account of the level of income of citizens and businesses.
I propose to rethink the approach to modernising our taxation system, with a view to a fairer distribution of the taxation burden on individuals with higher individual and corporate income.
On the contrary, we request to reduce the taxation burden on families, including the deductions I mentioned today. Stimulating companies investing in improvement to implement infrastructure and social projects. At the same time, of course, it is essential to close all kinds of legal loopholes utilized by certain companies to evade or underwrite taxes. I ask the State Duma and the Government to present a concrete set of proposals on this substance in the close future. And in the future, given the changes adopted, I propose to establish the main taxation parameters by 2030 and thus guarantee unchangeable and predictable conditions for the implementation of any, including long-term, investment projects. That's what companies ask for in our direct contacts.
Dear colleagues!
Decisions on financial support for regions and economical growth should aim to improve the quality of life of people, and this should be done in all Federation entities. We have already submitted peculiar improvement programmes for regions specified as the North Caucasus and Kaliningrad Oblast, Donbas and Noworosja, Crimea and Sevastopol, the Arctic and the Far East by 2030. General spatial planning plans were prepared for 22 cities and agglomerations of the Far East, the same works proceed for settlements in the Arctic.
Now we gotta take another step. I propose you list more than 200 large and tiny cities. For each of them, an own general plan needs to be developed and implemented, and in general the improvement programme must cover about 2 1000 settlements, including villages and cities. The solutions supporting the Federation's entities, which I have discussed today, including infrastructure loans, should besides work here.
I'd like to appeal to the regional chiefs. These resources should besides be utilized to extend the competences of municipalities. Yes, I remember gathering with the heads of any municipalities in their forum here in Moscow. Local authorities have a peculiar function and responsibility. This is where people and citizens go with their regular needs. I would like to thank our mayors, the old men and the deputies for their work and caring for people's needs. And I would peculiarly like to mention city workers who work close the war region and share all the trials with their fellow countrymen.
The co-authors of urban improvement plans should be their residents. We must actively usage mechanisms in which citizens themselves specify what objectives and problems money should be put first. I propose to increase the backing of specified projects of a fundamentally public nature from national and regional budgets.
We will besides extend the Russian competition for the best projects to make a comfortable urban environment in tiny towns and historical settlements until 2030.
Throughout Russia, we will improve more than 30,000 public spaces in six years. I besides ask the Government for additional support for the regions that rebuild the waterfront, parks, squares and historical city centres. We will allocate 360 billion rubles to improvements and large projects in this area.
Historic buildings, settlements, temples are a visible embodiment of our national identity, an inextricable combination of generations. I ask the Government, parliamentarians and specialised committees of the Council of State, of course with public participation, to analyse the regulatory framework for the protection and usage of cultural heritage sites. It is essential to destruct clearly unnecessary, contradictory requirements, so that sometimes the monument is destroyed before our eyes, and formally, according to the law, it is not possible to rapidly take action to save it.
I propose a long-term programme to defend Russian cultural heritage sites. I hope we accept this for 20 years. Measures must be provided to support citizens, businesses and public associations who are ready to invest their work, time and money in the restoration of monuments.
We will effort specified mechanisms this year in the pilot task of the Institute for improvement “DOM.RF” ( «.РФ). It will be attended by 5 circuits: Zabaykalski, Novgorodki, Riazanski, Smolensk and Trovski. And by 2030, at least a 1000 cultural heritage sites across the country must be organized and given a second life to service people and decorate our cities and villages.
We will surely proceed fundamental cultural projects and keep their funding. We will modernise the infrastructure of museums, theatres, libraries, clubs, art schools and cinemas. Over six years we will besides allocate over 100 billion rubles to educational, educational, historical and another popular creative projects in cinema, net and social networks.
I besides propose extending the Pushkin Charter programme, with which students and young people can visit cinemas, museums, theatres and exhibitions free of charge, and cultural institutions themselves are encouraged to make and launch fresh projects, including business. I ask the government to prepare additional proposals.
In addition, likewise to the programs “Earth Teacher” and “Earth Doctor”, in 2025 we will launch the program “Earth Culture Workers”. People talk about it all the time in meetings. A specialist who moves to work in the countryside or in a tiny town will be able to receive a one-off payment of 1 million rubles, and in the Far East, in Donbasa and Noworosia this amount will be twice as advanced – 2 million rubles.
Another additional decision to be finalised and accepted. I ask the Government to supply peculiar conditions for mortgages for families, especially for tiny cities, as well as for those regions where fresh housing buildings are created in tiny quantities or are not at all. We must do so as shortly as possible and solve the issue of key parameters, including the amount of own contribution and the interest rate on credit. Remember that, I'll wait for suggestions from you.
Come on. We will besides proceed peculiar mortgage programs with a rate of 2 percent for residents of the Far East and the Arctic, Donbass and fresh Russia. Participants and veterans of peculiar military operations will be able to receive loans under the same preferential conditions in these regions.
Separately, we will support projects for integrated improvement of residential areas, building housing settlements along with the full infrastructure in regions with insufficient socio-economic development, where many of our usual proposals do not work. We will allocate an additional 120 billion rubles for these territories.
Therefore, the following strategy task. With national support, many regions have importantly increased the rate of resettlement of emergency housing. A full of 1 million 730 000 people have moved to fresh housing in the last 16 years. It is crucial not to slow down this pace in the next six years. I'm asking the government to prepare and run a fresh emergency housing relocation program.
As regards housing and municipal services systems, we will increase the pace of modernisation of public utility infrastructure. By 2030 a full of 4.5 trillion rubles will be allocated to these objectives, including private companies.
We will proceed to implement our Clean Water project. For many of our cities and agrarian settlements, this problem is highly pressing. Above all, we are talking about reliable supply of advanced quality drinking water.
A separate subject is gassing. The plans are to supply this environmentally friendly fuel to the cities and regions of Yakutia, Buriacja, Chabarowska, Primorski, Zabaykalskie Territories, Murmansk and Amursk Circuits, judaic Autonomous Circuit, Karelia and as large a Russian city as Krasnojarsk. LNG is besides utilized to gase Kamchatki and any another areas.
Naturally, this will enable the social gasification programme to be extended. Thanks to it, the gas has already reached the borders of 1 million 100 000 areas free of charge. Applications are inactive accepted and we aid privileged categories of citizens, including families participating in a peculiar military operation, in gas communication on the premises.
What would I like to say separately now? Garden associations are located within many localities where network gas has already been installed. People for years, sometimes from generation to generation, grow their plots, and now they build on them houses where they can live throughout the year, but cannot connect to the network due to the fact that garden partnerships are not covered by the Social Programme. Gasification program.
The problem concerns millions of families! Of course, this must be resolved in the interests of our citizens, namely to extend the programme of social gasification and to lead the networks to the borders of parcels with the home of horticultural associations.
Residents of distant territories in the North and Far East will besides receive support, where there will be no network gas in the coming years. Today, they pay for their homes with coal or firewood. Now, thanks to state subsidies, they will be able to acquisition modern, ecological equipment, home production. First, support should be given to the families most in need. We will besides allocate an additional 32 billion rubles for these purposes.
Given modern environmental standards, we will make public transport and reduce its age. By 2030, Federation entities will receive about 40,000 buses, trolleybuses, trams and electrical buses. We will besides allocate 150 billion rubles from the national budget to this public transport renewal program.
We will besides modernise school bus rolling stock at a rate of at least 3,000 vehicles per year, which is peculiarly crucial for tiny cities and agrarian areas. Both local residents and the mayors of municipalities and regions talk about this. A very crucial program indeed. Therefore, we will usage an additional 66 billion rubles to buy school buses. And of course, it must be equipment produced in Russia, entirely or with a advanced degree of location.
As we know, the Clean Air task in 12 industrial centres in Russia has managed to reduce the emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere. Since last year another 29 cities have joined the project. Across the country, harmful air emissions should be halved. Step by step, we will be moving towards that goal. To measure the results, we will make a comprehensive environmental quality monitoring system.
Thousands of miles of rivers and shores have been cleared over the last 5 years, and contamination flows to the Volga have been reduced by almost half. Now I propose to set a mark – halving the contamination of Russia's major water reservoirs.
Over the last 5 years, 128 large urban waste dumps and 80 sites of cumulative environmental harm have been eliminated, which have virtually poisoned the lives of people in 53 regions of Russia. The landfill sites of the ‘Krasny Bor’, the Bajkal complex of Cellulose and Paper’ and the Usolje-Sibirski were brought to safety.
Therefore, my fellow Members, I would like to stress. For now, only the most urgent actions have been carried out in these places, but that is not all. Under no circumstances should they be left as they are now. We request to finish this work and make all the essential infrastructure here.
Overall, throughout Russia, we will proceed to destruct the most dangerous objects of cumulative environmental damage. In the next six years, at least 50 specified advanced environmental hazard points should be eliminated.
It is essential to make incentives for business and to introduce green technologies and to decision towards a circular economy. Moreover, we have fundamentally created a modern waste management manufacture from scratch. 250 companies were built to process and dispose of them. The goal by 2030 is to kind everything that needs sorting, all solid waste, and reuse at least a 4th of them. For specified projects we will allocate additional funds and together with business we will build another around 400 waste management facilities and 8 eco-industrial parks.
What else do I want to say? During meetings with citizens of the Far East, Siberia and another regions, the subject of saving our forest wealth, the request to organize illegal logging and the protection of forests was repeatedly discussed. The subject has a very large public response. This is crucial to almost all man, we are here, as they say, with the full planet joining forces and the situation is gradually changing.
A very crucial milestone: starting in 2021 in Russia, more forests are played than cut down. For this result, I want to thank volunteers, students, students, all citizens who planted trees, participated in green actions and, of course, business representatives for supporting specified projects. We will surely proceed to reconstruct forests, parks and gardens, besides around agglomerations and industrial centres.
In a separate decision, I propose raising the salaries of professionals who work in forestry, meteorology and environmental protection, i.e. they deal with the most crucial environmental welfare issues. I must honestly say that the problems they solve are very crucial and their income very modest.
In order to support citizens' initiatives in the field of environmental protection, I consider it essential to make a fund for environmental protection and projects. First, the full amount of the grant will be 1 billion rubles per year.
Work will besides proceed on the preservation of delicate natural areas, the conservation and restoration of uncommon and endangered plant and animal species. Therefore, I propose to think about beginning a network of rehabilitation centres for injured and confiscated chaotic animals.
By 2030, we will make eco-tourism infrastructure in all national parks of the country, including eco-tracks and tourist trails, including weekend routes for students, recreational areas, museums and tourist information centres.
Near the water reservoirs, including Lake Baikal, there will be modern, safe infrastructure. By 2030, an yearly centre will be opened here. At the same time, I believe it is crucial to strictly respect the rule of "zero pollution", i.e. the full deficiency of waste and untreated waste to the lake. The construction of the Baikal hotel will become part of the large task “Five Seas”.
Modern hotel complexes will besides appear on the Caspian, Baltic, Azowski, Black and nipponese coasts. The task itself will increase the national flow of tourists by another 10 million people per year.
And across the country – given the dynamic improvement of tourist centers specified as Altai, Kamchatka, Kuzbas, North Caucasus, Karelia and North Russia – by 2030, the influx of tourists should practically double to 140 million people a year. At the same time, the share of tourism in Russia's GDP will besides double – up to 5 percent. We will be developing additional solutions in this area soon.
The improvement of tourism and the full region provides transport infrastructure. High-speed traffic has already been launched on the Moscow-Kazań route, this year we will extend the road to Yekaterinburg and next year to Tiumen. In the future, there will be a modern and safe way across the country – to Vladivostok.
In addition, more than 50 bypasses should be created in Russia within six years. The fresh crucial road task is of course the construction of the Jubga – Sochi motorway. It will reduce the travel time from the M-4 ‘Don’ motorway to Sochi 4 times – to an hr and a half – and will besides enable active improvement of the Black Sea coast.
But I want to say right distant – we agreed with the government, I besides want to say it publically – this is evidently a complex and very capital-intensive project: there are integrated tunnels and bridges, and this is an costly project. Nevertheless, I ask the government to present a plan for its financing. Work it out.
We have already arranged national highways and almost 85 percent roads in large agglomerations. We must absolutely keep this level. At the same time, in the coming years, peculiar emphasis will be placed on the improvement of regional roads.
Air travel should become cheaper. It is essential to increase the alleged mobility of citizens, and by 2030 the volume of air traffic in Russia should increase 1 and a half times as compared to the erstwhile year.
To accomplish this, we plan to accelerate the improvement of intra- and interregional air transport. And here the government has a circumstantial task: to modernise the infrastructure of at least 75 airports in six years – it is over 1 3rd of the Russian airport network. We will allocate at least 250 billion rubles for these purposes. It will be direct budget financing.
It is besides essential to renew our airline fleet utilizing our own home aircraft. They must meet all modern requirements regarding quality, comfort and safety – a hard task. We bought besides much air transport abroad, but we did not make our own production.
Nevertheless, advanced Russian developments in mechanical engineering, construction, communication and digital systems will besides be needed erstwhile creating high-speed rail networks. I'll besides say a fewer words about this area.
The first way from Moscow to Petersburg will run through Twer and our ancient capital – Novgorod the Great. We will then build highways to Kazan and Ural, Rostov on Don, the Black Sea coast, Minsk, Belarus' sister and another desirable directions.
A wide-ranging modernisation of the Central Communication Port will continue. Moscow's central bypasses will become the basis for connecting the capital region with Jarosław, Tver, Kaługa, Vladimir and another regions with modern high-speed routes.
It is besides essential to modernise the network of auxiliary inland waterways. This will guarantee additional economical effects in the area of tourism, industrial improvement and improvement of any very crucial to us, delicate regions, including the regions of the Far North.
What else do I want to say? Modern infrastructure straight promotes the capitalisation of all assets of the country, regions utilizing their transit tourism possible can marketplace plots under industrial and agricultural facilities, and for citizens it is an chance to build a home for a large family, live in more comfortable conditions, for business are fresh perspectives, besides in abroad markets.
Consequently, there are queues at border crossing points at 1 of my meetings. This problem is peculiarly severe in the Far East. According to the regulations customs control takes 19 minutes, in fact almost all truck driver frequently waits at the border for hours.
Colleagues from the Ministry of Transport have faced a circumstantial task: the typical time of border freight transport should not exceed 10 minutes. Modern technologies make it possible.
Such requirements are besides applicable to the rhythmic functioning of the North-South Transport Corridor, which will connect Russia with the mediate East and Asia countries. It will be based not only on road routes, but besides on liquid rail transport from our ports in the Baltic and Barents Sea to the coast of the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. We will besides increase the capacity of the rail lines in the confederate direction, which will enable active usage of the capacity of the ports of the Azov Sea and the Black Sea.
The 3rd phase of the expansion of the east railway area, BAM and the Trans-Syberian Railway, begins. Once, we apologize for the speech of the speech, we fell asleep, we didn't do something in time, but good – now we gotta catch up and we'll catch up. By 2030 their capacity will emergence from 173 to 210 million tonnes per year. At the same time, the ports of Wanino should be developed (it is the port on the nipponese Sea, the most crucial communication hub of the Chabarovian-PZ country) and the russian Gawan (the port in the Chabarovian country, 10 from Wanino, formerly besides the repair yard, the site of handling mainly wood for exports to China, Japan, etc.- PZ).
The further improvement of the Northern Maritime way is simply a peculiar area of attention. We invitation abroad companies and logistics countries to actively exploit the opportunities offered by this global transport corridor. Last year, 36 million tons of cargo came through. I draw attention, colleagues: this is 5 times more than the evidence number in the russian Union – 5 times! We will supply all-year shipping on the North Sea Trail. We will increase the turnover of our northern ports, including the transport hub in Murmansk and, of course, grow the Arctic fleet.
Last year, a unique investigation platform went out on a cruise to icebreaker “North Field”. Early this year, a keel was laid at the Baltic Shipyard for the fresh Leningrad atomic icebreaker. Next year we will build another ship of the same class, Stalingrad. And in the far east shipyard “Zvezda” is built a fresh generation icebreaker – “Leder”, with twice the power.
Based on our national shipyards, we plan to importantly upgrade the commercial fleet: tankers, gas carriers, container ships. This will let Russian business to build efficient trade flows under conditions of changing logistics and fundamental changes in the planet economy.
Dear citizens of Russia! Dear friends!
I'd like to say separately. I'm constantly gathering with peculiar military operations. They are both professional soldiers and volunteers, civilian professionals, mobilized for military service. They all took arms in defence of their homeland.
You know, I'm looking at these brave people, sometimes very young guys, and I can't aid but say that my heart is filled with pride from our people, from our nation, and from these peculiar people. Of course, specified people will not back down, neglect and betray.
They should hold leading positions in both education and youth education systems and in public associations, in state companies, business, public administration and municipal administration, and lead regions, businesses and yet the largest national projects. specified actual heroes and patriots are sometimes rather modest and restrained in their lives, do not brag about their successes, do not talk loud slogans and words. But in the turning moments of history, that's the kind of people who come out first and take responsibility. specified people who think about the country and live according to its destiny can be entrusted to Russia in the future.
It is known that the word "elita" has mostly discredited itself. Those who, without any merit to society, consider themselves to be any caste endowed with peculiar rights and privileges, especially those who, in erstwhile years, made pockets at the expense of various processes in the 1990s economy, are surely not elite. I repeat, the true, actual elite are all those who service Russia, workers and soldiers, honest, proven to prove their dedication to Russia, worthy people.
Therefore, something new, in my opinion, about an crucial decision: from tomorrow, March 1, 2024, veterans of a peculiar military operation will be allowed to participate in the program, as well as soldiers and officers who are presently fighting in units active in the first training call for a peculiar personnel program. Let's call it "The Time of Heroes." This idea, I will not hide, came to my head erstwhile I met with students who were active in a peculiar military operation in St. Petersburg. This programme will be built according to the same standards as our best projects: the Higher School of Public Administration, called “the school of governors”, as well as the competition “Leaders of Russia”. Their graduates accomplish advanced positions in many areas, even becoming ministers and regional heads.
Soldiers and veterans with higher education and managerial experience, regardless of rank and position, will be able to participate in the program. The crucial thing is that they must be people who showed their best qualities and showed that they know how to lead their comrades.
The studies will begin in the coming months. Mentors for the first participants of the program will be heads of government, the President's Administration, national ministries, departments, regional leaders and our largest companies. In the future, we will grow specified staff programs, launch managerial courses at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, and I consider it essential to rise the position of the Academy legislatively.
In addition, veterans and participants in peculiar military operations will be able to gain first a higher education and civilian specialization at our leading universities.
I ask the Minister of National Defence and the commanders of combat units to support the willingness of soldiers and officers to effort their forces in the fresh staff program, to supply them with the chance to apply for participation and receive stationary training. I would like to point out that participants of a peculiar military operation: Privates, Sergeants and Combat Officers – are already at the core of our Armed Forces today. And of course, as I have already said, those who intend to prosecute a military career will receive precedence promotion at entering command courses, schools and military academy.
Dear friends!
Independence, self-sufficiency, sovereignty must be proved and confirmed all day. We are talking about our and only our work for the present and the future of Russia. This is our homeland, The homeland of our ancestors, needed and dear only to us and, of course, to our descendants to whom we are obliged to pass on a strong and prosperous country.
Over the last fewer years, we have been able to build a governance system, as well as implementing national projects, on a fresh basis, on the basis of a large amount of data, modern digital technologies, which allowed for increased productivity, hazard control, taking into account the full volume of information, constantly adapting projects and programmes based on citizens' opinions.
I would like to thank my colleagues in the government, departments and regions who have been carefully building this strategy for all these years, both during the pandemic and under conditions of sanctions aggression against Russia. I know it was a difficult, complicated job, and most importantly, it's already getting a percentage. We see it in the results.
We will proceed to follow that logic exactly. By the end of the year, all the national projects I have talked about present must be approved and coordinated. erstwhile again, these are not the projects of individual ministries, they must work for common systemic objectives, to accomplish our national improvement objectives. At the same time, I ask the Russian People's Front to proceed to monitor the implementation of decisions at all levels of power.
I want to emphasise that the main consequence of our programmes is not measured in tonnes, kilometres or amounts of money spent. The most crucial thing is to justice people how their lives change for the better. The scale of the historical challenges facing Russia requires an highly clear, coordinated work of the state, civilian society and business.
I believe that it is now essential not only to prepare a draft budget for the next 3 years, but besides to further establish all the main expenditure and investments for the period up to 2030. In fact, we must formulate a six-year financial plan for the improvement of the country, which will, of course, be complemented by fresh initiatives. Naturally, life will change.
Despite the hard times, despite current trials and difficulties, we are making long-term plans. The program outlined present in the Message is nonsubjective and essential. It's a program of a strong, sovereign country that looks forward with confidence. To accomplish our objectives, we have both resources and immense opportunities.
But now I will stress the most important: the implementation of all planned plans present depends straight on our soldiers, officers, volunteers – all military personnel who are now fighting on the front, on the courage and determination of our comrades in arms, who defend Homeland, emergence to attack, go forward under fire, sacrifice themselves for us, for the sake of Homeland. It is them, our soldiers, who present make the absolutely essential conditions for the future of the country and its development.
Low bow to you, boys and girls.
Thank you all, dear colleagues, for your solidarity and honesty. We're 1 large family, we're together, and that's why we're gonna do everything the way we plan and we want to do what we want to do.
I believe in our victories, our successes, the future of Russia!
Thank you.
for:http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73585
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